Basketball

Minnesota Timberwolves (35-16, third in the Western Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (33-18, third in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee; Thursday, 8 p.m.

Chicago Bulls (24-27, ninth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (18-33, 13th in the Western Conference) Memphis, Tennessee; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Memphis looks to break its three-game home skid with a win over Chicago.

PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant sized up the Milwaukee Bucks defense and then attacked, driving straight down the lane for a thunderous dunk over Giannis Antetokounmpo.

NEW YORK (AP) — When the buzzer at Madison Square Garden sounded, signaling the end of the New York Knicks’ 123-113 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night, there was not the usual cheers from the sellout crowd.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lauri Markkanen had 33 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 124-117 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 36 points in a dazzling return to Brooklyn exactly one year after he was traded to Dallas, leading the Mavericks to a 119-107 victory over the Nets on Tuesday night.

CHICAGO (AP) — Coby White and DeMar DeRozan scored 33 points apiece, and the Chicago Bulls erased a 23-point deficit in a 129-123 overtime victory over Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyrie Irving was traded away a year ago, but he's never fully left New York. Not when he grew up in the area as a Nets fan, and not when so many family and friends were in attendance when he came back Tuesday night.

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson had 27 points and eight assists before exiting with an apparent ankle injury, Donte DiVincenzo had 32 points, and the New York Knicks hung on for a 123-113 win over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.

PHOENIX (AP) — Three-time All-Star Khris Middleton sprained his left ankle in the first quarter of the Milwaukee Bucks' matchup against the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night and was ruled out for the rest of the game.